Designated terrorist group CAIR files lawsuit against Texas school district for firing Muslim speech pathologist for refusing to disavow support for boycotts against Israel

The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after a devout Muslim teacher was fired because she refused to pledge that she would not participate in economic boycotts of Israel.

Bahia Amawi (Photo: CBS Austin)

LawandCrimeBahia Amawi is a speech pathologist and child language specialist who spent nearly a decade working with Muslim elementary school students in the Austin area. That all changed over the summer after the Lone Star State adopted a “No Boycott of Israel” or “anti-BDS” law passed by the previous legislature on May 2, 2017.

At the time that Texas enacted the law barring contractors from supporting a boycott of Israel, it was the 17th state in the country to do so. As of now, 26 states have enacted such laws — including blue states run by Democrats such as New York, California, and New Jersey — while similar bills are pending in another 13 states.

“On August 13, 2018, Pflugerville Independent School District sent Bahia Amawi a contract to provide the school district with Arabic assessment services,” the lawsuit notes. “Ms. Amawi had been contracting with the school district for nine years. On September 10, 2018, the school district provided Ms. Amawi with an addendum to the contract, which states that Ms. Amawi affirms that she does not currently boycott Israel and will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract.”

Ms. Amawi advocates FOR boycotts of Israel due to Israel’s continuing violations of international law in its treatment of Palestinians. Specifically, Ms. Amawi boycotts products created in Israel in support of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. Ms. Amawi cannot and will not sign the contract with the “No Boycott of Israel” provision, which is required by state law. As an advocate for Palestinian (terrorist) rights and justice, she cannot in good faith certify or state that she does not boycott Israel, and will not engage in a boycott of Israel.

Amawi was then, in effect, fired for her views on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The CAIR lawsuit requests the anti-BDS law be found unconstitutional and unenforceable, that Amawi be offered a new contract by the school district, that all currently-in-effect anti-BDS contractual provisions be voided, an injunction against economic boycott languge viz. state contracts in general and attorney’s fees.

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Child language specialist… If I were a child, that ugly muslim face would send me on a road trip to nightmare-filled days without end. Who would put that ugly muslima in charge of children? Snow-White’s witch would be a finer choice for the position.

Fire her ass & hire a real American! I don’t know legally what will happen here, but you have your usual unAmerican, troublemaking Muslum. Anyone who supports Palestinians or Muslums like her, also supports violence, honor killings, pedophilia, you know the rest…..

Why the hell was this trash female hired to begin with? Palestinans are civilized. Why are these things allowed in this country? Muslims are not normal. They were not made by our creator but by the creature below. L

She doesn’t have to sign a pledge anymore than there are anti discrimination clauses and equal opportunity clauses in any public contract — or maybe private contract, too. Glen Greenwald is an antisemite who got the story wrong.